This report presents the findings under the joint project project set by APEC’s Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) and Paperless Trading Sub-Group (PTS). A report was produced by each team and is available with this Executive Summary: Assessment of Paperless Trading in APEC Member Economies (team in China) ; and Best Practices in Paperless Trading to facilitate Cross Border Trade in the APEC Region (team in Chinese Taipei). This project directly responds to the Blueprint by constructing best practices for paperless trading to facilitate cross-border trade, together with Critical Success Factors and Key Performance Indicators, for inclusion in the APEC reference database, whose provision was endorsed by APEC Ministers in the 1998 Leaders' Declaration.